Economics of cancer care: A community-based cross-sectional study in Kerala, India

Economics of cancer care: A community-based cross-sectional study in Kerala, India

Bacground: The estimated incidence of cancer cases in Kerala for 2014 was 31,400 and the mortality associated with it was 13,816. Although the treatment of cancer has shown remarkable advances, it has come with increasing costs. Objective: The objective of this study is to estimate the economic burd...

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Main Authors:	Dinesh T. A., Prem Nair, V. Abhijath, Vidya Jha, K. Aarthy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-01-01
Series:	South Asian Journal of Cancer
Subjects:	burden of disease cancer care cost of care
Online Access:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/sajc.sajc_382_18

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